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Friday, June 1, 2012

Friday Flower Flaunt ... On This First Day Of Winter.

Yes today was officially our first Winter's day. The top temp today was around 23 deg C (73 F), which was absolutely lovely. That's more like our usual beginning of Winter daytime temperatures, compared to the rather chilly days we had last week. Just like the end of last week, we had rain yesterday and drizzle pretty much all day today. That's a little out of the ordinary for this time of year, but most welcome.

Around my place there are a few lovely blooms that I can share on this first day of June. Starting with the courtyard garden ....

41 comments:

Good morning, its wonderful to see your beautiful garden and all the lovely flowers. When I was moving (saving) some plants the other day I moved my Jasmine I thought of you and your lovely Jasmine and here it is in flower bet it smells wonderful. We are commencing operation change the fence this weekend we started yesterday It’s going to be a big job!Have a good weekend Oh by the way it's raining!!

You know how worried I was about my Jasmine, Sue, and it's just absolutely brilliant to see it throwing out some blooms again. Wishing you the best of luck with your fence project. The big jobs are the most rewarding though when they finally done!! At least that's what I keep telling myself when it comes to the ongoing car shed extension project here.

Yes Flowerlady, I understand completely about the humidity draining every last ounce of energy and sapping your spirits during a long hot summer. I can only wish that yours doesn't last too long! Both the courtyard and the shadehouse are looking lovely these days. I'm glad you enjoy a little view of them as much as I do.

Did you seriously write a few blooms? This is so pretty, you always have some type of blooms to share. That double petunia is gorgeous. I try to keep the flower stalks pinched out of my coleus so they will grow bushier...Happy Winter as we are coming into our summer.

Ha, yes ... just a few blooms, Darla. The double white Petunia is coming along so well and I'm looking forward to seeing it just covered in those fabulous flowers. I love seeing the Coleus flower spikes so I don't pinch out the plant until the blooms are spent. Our Winter looks like being fantastic again this year.

Snail, we've had a couple of quite chilly days over the last two weeks, but that's all. Right now it's a very dreary drizzly day though. It's nice to see everything still quite green at this time of year.

Your garden is just absolutely wonderful! Your coleus pictured is particularly striking--the hummingbirds love to eat at the flowers of the coleus in my garden. Also, I've never seen the double white frilly petunias before--gorgeous! I will have to look for seeds for those.

G'day Athene, it's great to hear you enjoyed popping in today. Coleus is one of my all-time favourite plants. It's the butterflies and bees that love the flowers here. I don't think I've ever seen a bird sipping on the nectar of any Coleus flower. Those frilly white Petunias are just great aren't they?

Yes Guild-rez, we get to see lovely blooms pretty much all year round here. We never get to see snow though, or frost! So our winters possibly don't quite meet the criteria needed in other parts of the world to be identified as a real winter!

Sharon, I hope you find those frilly double white Petunias. They've been quite easy to find in the nurseries here for a couple of years now. I do really prefer the frilly doubles! The red Shrimp Plant is not all that common, but it's definitely becoming easier to find these days.

When i look at your lovely hanging baskets it also reminds me of Tootsie's hanging plants. That white petunia is so beautiful, but i will not covet that as petunias suffer stress during our dry season.

Bernie, your winter garden is glorious... and what is REALLY amazing is that despite the fact that you are on the opposite side of the planet in a totally different hemisphere, you grow several of the same flowers that we do -- coleus, pansies, petunias, the flowering cactus, shrimp plant, so many others. Your first photograph should be on a greeting card!!!

Your courtyard and greenhouse are so pretty! June 1 was our first official day of rainy season (aka hurricane season) here in the Florida peninsula. I'm so glad our winter is long past right now. ; ) At least your winter looks to be very colorful.